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Procedure price report · Ophthalmologic and otologic diagnosis and treatment

Limited inner ear echo hearing screening

CPT 92587the billing code this page is about

A screening test that plays sounds into the ear and measures the faint echo produced by the inner ear, with a limited pass or refer result.

Hospitals typically charge $232 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,471 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $234. Most fall between $85 and $417 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,471
States
50
Filings dated
Dec 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 25, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,471 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$40$114$232$370$703

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 18× what the cheapest tenth charges ($40 vs $703).

How the prices are spread

$23 – $33: 48 hospitals$23$33 – $49: 56 hospitals$49 – $71: 75 hospitals$49$71 – $102: 86 hospitals$102 – $149: 151 hospitals$102$149 – $216: 200 hospitals$216 – $313: 277 hospitals$216$313 – $454: 255 hospitals$454 – $659: 94 hospitals$454$659 – $957: 85 hospitals$659median $232price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,327 of 1,471 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$23$3348
$33$4956
$49$7175
$71$10286
$102$149151
$149$216200
$216$313277
$313$454255
$454$65994
$659$95785

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$221
Median cash price$232
Cash as a multiple of Medicare1.05×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $232.

Alaska: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $311 across 36 hospitalsWA$311Idaho: median $264 across 10 hospitalsID$264Montana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $208 across 46 hospitalsMN$208Illinois: median $266 across 66 hospitalsIL$266Wisconsin: median $135 across 55 hospitalsWI$135Michigan: median $231 across 61 hospitalsMI$231New York: median $256 across 69 hospitalsNY$256Massachusetts: median $341 across 23 hospitalsMA$341Oregon: median $281 across 36 hospitalsOR$281Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $122 across 42 hospitalsIA$122Indiana: median $108 across 56 hospitalsIN$108Ohio: median $234 across 84 hospitalsOH$234Pennsylvania: median $255 across 62 hospitalsPA$255New Jersey: median $345 across 40 hospitalsNJ$345Connecticut: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $598 across 71 hospitalsCA$598Utah: median $264 across 28 hospitalsUT$264Colorado: median $228 across 19 hospitalsCO$228Nebraska: median $120 across 30 hospitalsNE$120Missouri: median $218 across 34 hospitalsMO$218Kentucky: median $102 across 18 hospitalsKY$102West Virginia: median $99 across 20 hospitalsWV$99Virginia: median $244 across 31 hospitalsVA$244Maryland: median $67 across 15 hospitalsMD$67Delaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $291 across 18 hospitalsAZ$291New Mexico: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $112 across 38 hospitalsKS$112Arkansas: median $174 across 15 hospitalsAR$174Tennessee: median $38 across 21 hospitalsTN$38North Carolina: median $161 across 46 hospitalsNC$161South Carolina: median $506 across 20 hospitalsSC$506Oklahoma: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOKLouisiana: median $173 across 24 hospitalsLA$173Mississippi: median $76 across 11 hospitalsMS$76Alabama: median $405 across 11 hospitalsAL$405Georgia: median $242 across 54 hospitalsGA$242Hawaii: median $412 across 12 hospitalsHI$412Texas: median $234 across 88 hospitalsTX$234Florida: median $307 across 69 hospitalsFL$307
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $232. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
California CA71$598+158%$225 – $1,002
South Carolina SC20$506+118%$134 – $506
Hawaii HI12$412+78%$257 – $989
Alabama AL11$405+74%$335 – $449
New Jersey NJ40$345+49%$154 – $416
Massachusetts MA23$341+47%$180 – $455
Washington WA36$311+34%$175 – $477
Florida FL69$307+32%$216 – $737
Arizona AZ18$291+26%$113 – $427
Oregon OR36$281+21%$40 – $704
Illinois IL66$266+15%$77 – $352
Idaho ID10$264+14%$216 – $817
Utah UT28$264+14%$264 – $330
New York NY69$256+11%$21 – $769
Pennsylvania PA62$255+10%$119 – $586
Virginia VA31$244+5%$24 – $401
Georgia GA54$242+4%$194 – $626
Texas TX88$234+1%$167 – $385
Ohio OH84$234+1%$124 – $446
Michigan MI61$2310%$22 – $417
Colorado CO19$228−2%$154 – $1,755
Missouri MO34$218−6%$100 – $328
Minnesota MN46$208−10%$41 – $289
Arkansas AR15$174−25%$53 – $215
Louisiana LA24$173−26%$107 – $316
North Carolina NC46$161−31%$114 – $316
Wisconsin WI55$135−42%$115 – $262
Iowa IA42$122−47%$53 – $276
Nebraska NE30$120−48%$77 – $203
Kansas KS38$112−52%$47 – $340
Indiana IN56$108−54%$56 – $321
Kentucky KY18$102−56%$56 – $234
West Virginia WV20$99−58%$20 – $183
Mississippi MS11$76−67%$67 – $142
Maryland MD15$67−71%$36 – $110
Tennessee TN21$38−84%$24 – $142
North Dakota ND9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oklahoma OK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $232.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,130$237$99 – $434
Children’s62$262$129 – $506
Critical access272$168$56 – $321
Ownership
For-profit115$236$134 – $427
Government232$203$99 – $405
Non-profit1,117$233$77 – $417
System affiliation
Part of a system1,231$234$90 – $418
Independent240$208$72 – $396

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$364
Median cash price$232
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,022 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $238 and the average of the middle 60% is $251; most fall between $107 and $449.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,022 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$47$124$238$405$805

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 17× what the cheapest tenth charges ($47 vs $805).

Of the 1,102 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,022 gave a usable cash price; 40 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 40 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,471 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (37%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,583 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,471
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here62
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded47
Hospitals that filed this code1,583

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 25, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 25, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Ophthalmologic and otologic diagnosis and treatment family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Distort Product Evoked Otoacoustic Emisns Limitd.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Limited inner ear echo hearing screening (CPT 92587) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-92587-limited-inner-ear-echo-hearing-screening